Saturday, October 8, 2011

Bluetooth 4.0 on iPhone 4S

I wonder why Apple did not emphasize more on the Bluetooth 4.0 used in the iPhone 4S.
It's the first smartphone to implement that!


If the specs are to be believed, Bluetooth 4.0 not only better its earlier version in terms of range (50m vs 20m), the most significant feature is the extremely short "setup time" like pairing and searching.
Bluetooth 4.0 has a setup time approximately 3ms vs Bluetooth 2.0's 6 seconds.

Now, this fast setup time is even faster than NFC's (Near Field Communication) 0.1s!

This may open a lot of nice features using Bluetooth.
Can't wait to see them!

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2 comments:

  1. Apple will not made full use of this technology as for ear piece only. SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 will unleash its power once installed on it in the near future.

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  2. You are quite right there.

    Just like the current Bluetooth 2 implementation in iOS 4, Apple has left out some useful profiles such as OBEX, DUN, etc.

    Android is more willing to enable all these.

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